dampness
Example Sentences
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“People will often attribute things they don’t understand to dampness and mold,” Mendell said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The building’s units suffer from severe dampness and moisture accumulation, including under floorboards.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
While there was some rain in Scotland last weekend, for much of England and Wales, apart from drizzle and general dampness, the last time we saw any appreciable rainfall was on Monday 28 October.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2024
It has that common pervasive dampness along with plenty of clannish townspeople who resent these nosy Nellies poking around where they have no business.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2024
He put the bath off for later, not because of the cold and the dampness, but because of the oppressive October mist.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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